Track for overhead carriers



P. M. HASSLER.

TRACK FOR OVERHEAD CARRIERS.

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TRACK FOR OVERHEAD CARRIERS.

APPLCATI ON FILED APR. 30. 1920- 1,346, 313., Patented July 13, 1920.

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TRACK FOR OVERHEAD CARRIERS.

APPHCATION PatentedJuly 13,1920. v

FIG. 8 l W INVENTOR ATTORNEY PAUL M. HASSLER, or FAInFInLn, IOWA,

COMPANY, or FAIRFIELZD, Iowa,

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ASSIGNOR TO THE LOUDEN MACHINERY A COEPGEATION OF IOWA.

TRACK FOR OVERHEAD CARRIERS.

Application filed April 30,

To (ZZZ 1072,0227 it may concern.-

lie it known that I, PAUL M. Hassiinn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fan-field, in the county of Jeil erson and State oi Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in 'lraclrs for Overhead Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

lVly invention relates to tracks for over head carriers wherein thecarriers are to be transferred from one track to another, and it consists of an improvement in the construction and arrangement of said tracks and'their connections whereby the transfer can be more easily and safely made, and the carrier may be transferred from one room in a building to another, either above or be low it, and also in other features hereinafter described and more definitely set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure l'is a perspective of a pair of tracks connected to overhead portions of a building and also to overhead portions of a freight elevator arranged to be aised and lowered from one part of the building to another, and embodying the features oi? my invention. Fig. 2 IS the same showing the elevator and adjacent portions of the tracks in different positions. Figs. 3 and 4 are enlarged side elevations, (the latter partly broken away) of portions oi the tracks and their connections, which will be hr-zreaiter explained. Fig. 5 is a transverse section on line'55 of 4. Fig. (3 is the same on line 6-6, the broken away portion oi Fig. 4 being replaced. Fig. 7 is a detail view. ll 8 a section. incl mtion showing three floors of a building with tracks supported by the two upper floors, and an elevator adapted to pass through the upper floors and the rooms between them, and having a track adapted to be connected to the tracks supported by the upper floors. Fig. S) is a transverse section on. line 9-9 oi Fig. l. Fig. 10 is the same on line 10-10 of Fig.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the cage of a house elevator adapted to pass in the usual manner through an opening in the floors B and B, and having the usual frame work C and C to protect the opening. As shown in Fig. '1, a pair of overhead tracks D, spaced a distance apart and placed parallel tOcach other in substantially the Specification of Letters Patent.

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Patented July 13, 1920. 1920. Serial No. $17,344.

same horizontal alinement, are supported by hangers E secured to overhead portions of the room in which they are installed, F rep resenting a timber ot said overhead portion. A corresponding pair oi tracks G: are supported by hangers H attached to the over head frame-work l of the elevator cage. On the tracks D, as shown in Fig. l, a pair of trolleys 'J are mounted, and are shown connccted together by a bar K.

The tracks gether by short sections of track-sections L which are hingedto one set of the tracks and when in substantial alinement are connected to the other set so as to form a continuous traclzway and permit the trolleys to run from the tracks D to the tracks G, and to be raised, or to be lowered with the elevator, 5 shown in Fig. 2. Also, to be transferred to corresponding overhead tracks attached to overhead portions of rooms either above or below as shown by D in Fig. 8, said tracks being connected to the tracks G in a manner similar to their connections with the tracks D. v

It is preferable that the connecting sections L be hinged to the tracks D, as shown in the drawings. Any sort of hinge will. answer that will properly connect the ends of the tracks D and the track sections L, and will permit the free ends oi the latter to be moved upward or downward, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. d, which will be further explained. The preferable form of hinge is shown in Fig. it consists of two pairs of clamping members M and N, hinged together and adapted to clamp between them the adjacent ends of the tracks D and the track sections L, and permit the upward and downward movements of the free ends of the sections L.

It is alsopre'lerable that the adjacent ends of the parts D and L be separated to some extent so that the hinge joint may be centrally located. llhis will insure greater free- When this donethe clamp members M should be provided with flanges 0 extended laterally on each side as shown in Big. 10 to occupy the space between the adjacent ends of the flange members, said flanges being the same width and located in the same plane as the portions of D and L upon which the trolley wheels run, thus forming a continuous trackway.

and G are connected to are applied to and the tracks G are most plainly shown in Figs. i, and 6.- Clamping members beyond said ends/to form supports for the adjacent ents or thetraclr sections L, a recess per edges as shown being provided between the extended ends of l the members P to receive and hold the inserted end of the section L the lower portion of theextended end of the clamp member P on the near side; as shown in Fig. 4, being broken away. V] hen the elevator. is brought into position so that its tracks'br will be in horizontal alineinent with the tracks 1), the sections L are liited from the vertical position shown in Fig. 2 and are placed in the horizontal connected position shown in Fig. l, the outer ends of the sections resting in the recesses between the extended ends of the members P. 1 To hold the sections L in this. position while the trolleys arebeing transferred from the tracks D to G, and vice versa, members are applied nearthe ends ofthe tracks G,preferably by. clamping on their up} in Fig. 9,-and l citing dogs R are pivoted between the upper ends of tliese members. provided with downwardly projecting points R which will normally stand over the ends of the SBOiLlOIlS'L tIICl will prevent them "from being lifted or otherwise removed 'lrom the recesses in the extended ends of the members P. The members Q; being narrow and centrallylocated will leave room for the trolley wheels to run on the edges of the traclt rail G.

. l l hen tracks of the form shown in the drawings are used it is preferable that portions of the upper webs at the ends of the tracks G- and sections L be cut away as shown in Flg. a, so as to Y let the parts R come closer to the wheel'supporting portions of the traclzway. In placing section T in operative position the point B will. be

pushed l'iack against the member Q; by the descendingend of the track section L -until in Fig. 2.

it passes nnder when t 1e overbalancing weight ofthe opposite end of the'dog B will the end of the section L, V I

.l/Y'hen the elevator is moved either upward or downward the sections L will be automatically disconnected from the members P and will drop to the vertical position shown This'is accomplished by thefree ends of the sections assuming either the upwardly or downwardly inclined position shown by the dotted lines in Pig. 4;. and the consequent drawingaway of the free ends ofthe sections L from the extended ends of the members P. Ifthe'elevator is raised the free ends of the sections will be correspondingly raised and will'assume the po;

the lower portions of the ends of the tracks G, and 'are'extended out These locking dogs are the elevator and a much larger the elevator is lowered the free ends of the sections will be lower and will assume the position shown by the upper dotted lines. It will be, understood that the sections L are hinged tothe ends of the tracks D, as

' shown in Fig. 3 and that the end of said sectionshown by full linesin B ig. a, is simply laid in the recess in the extended ends of the members P. The dotted lines in Fig. 4-. are intended to represent the end of the section'slipping out of said recess as the elevator is raised orlowered-when it assume the position shown in PigsfZ and 3.

To prevent the trolleys from running on the tracks (i when the sectlons L are disconnected, I use a stop device S which is pivoted between the extended ends of the members P in such a manner that when the section L is placed in operative position it will reston the stop device and will hold it up even with or above the lower 'edpes of the members P, as shown in full lines in Pi 4L. lVhen in this positionthe trolleys will be free to runover the sections L from the tracks D to G, and vice versa. The lower portion of the extended end of the member 7 P on the near side is broken away to show the stop device'S more plainly, but is replaced in the cross-section shown in Fig. 6. I When the sections L p are disconnected the inner free end of the stop S will dropdown as shown-by the dotted lines in Fig. 4, and will come in contact with theportion of the trolley frame J below the track, and will prevent itfrom'running off the open end of the track Gr. -To limit the drop of the stop device it is preferably provided with lugs T which when the stop has dropped to a sufficien'textent, will contact with adjacent p0rtions of the members P and will prevent it from dropping further.

If desired single line of track may be used as shown in Fig. 8 mstead of the pairs'of tracks shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and this will answer well when single trolleys arensed. But with connectedftrolleys as shown in the drawings, or with carriers'having wheels extended some distance; apart it isbetter to use pairs of tracks and to run the trolleys abreast of-each other or the carriers sideways instead of endways on the tracks. In this way the carriers or the connected trolleyscan be bunched on the tracks G on number of them can be handled at a time than if a sin gle line of track was used and the carriers or connected trolleys were run endwise on the track;

In the drawings the frame member which connects the upper'and lower portions of the elevator cage together 1S represented by U,

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and braces Vto'strengthen the frame are also shown. l/V represents the hoisting cable by which the elevator is raised and lowered. in Fig. 8, tracks D and D are shown in the upper and lower rooms adapted to connect with the track G of the elevator on each side, which is simply an extension of the construction shown in Figs. '1 and 2 but does not involve any additional improvement. The hangers E supporting the upper tracks D are shown connected to overhead timbers F and the hangers H to a portion of the elevator frame I. The hangers E supporting the lower tracks D are connected to timbers F. The lower floor B crably provided witha depression X. to receive the floor Y in lowered position.

What I claim is: 1. In tracks for overhead carriers, the combination with an elevator adapted to be raised and lowered through upper and lower rooms of a building, of a track connected to each of the overhead portions of a plurality of said rooms, a corresponding track connected to the overhead portions of the elevator, a trolley adapted to run on said overhead tracks, and means when in horizontal alinement to connect the track in each of the rooms with the track in the elevator, and to form a continuous traokway for the passage of the trolley from the track in a room to the track in the elevator, and vice versa.

2. In tracks for overhead carriers, the combination with an elevator adapted to be raised and lowered through upper and lower rooms of a building, of a track connected to each of the overhead portions of a plurality of said rooms, a corresponding track connected to the overhead portions of the elevator, a trolley adapted to run on said overhead tracks, means when in horizontal or a pit of the elevator when .alinement to connect the track in each of the rooms with the track in the elevator, and to form a continuous trackway for the passage of the trolley from the track in a room to the track in the elevator, and vice versa,

and means to automatically disconnect said tracks.

3. in tracks for overhead carriers, the combination with an elevator adapted to be raised and lowered through upper and lower rooms of a building, of a pair of spaced apart parallel tracks in substantial horizontal alinement, connected to each of'the overhead portions of a plurality of said rooms, a pair of corresponding tracks connected to the overhead portions of the elevator, a pair of connected trolleys adapted to run abreast on said overhead tracks, and

means to connect the tracks of the rooms with the tracks in the elevator, and to form continuous trackways for the passage of the trolleys from the tracks of a room to the tracks in the elevator, and vice versa;

4. In tracks for overhead carriers, the combination with an elevator adapted to be raised and lowered through upper and lower is prefof said rooms,

' secured to the adjacent apart parallel tracks in substantial horizontal alinement connected to each of the overhead portions of a plurality of said rooms, a pair of corresponding tracks connected to the overhead portions of the elevator, a pair of connected trolleys adapted to run abreast on said overhead tracks,- means to connect the tracks of the rooms with the tracks in the elevator, and to form continuous trackways for the passage of the trolleys from the tracks of a room to the tracks in the elevator, and viceversa, and means to automatically disconnect said tracks.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination of an elevator having a frame adapted to be raised and lowered through rooms in a, building, a track connected to overhead portions in a plurality of said rooms, a corresponding track connected to overhead portions of the elevator frame, a trolley adapted to run on said tracks and be transferred from one to an-e other, and a track-section hinged to one of the tracks and adapted to be connected to the corresponding track and form a contin uous trackway for the passage of the trolley from one track to the other and vice versa.

6. In a device of the character described, the combination of an elevator having a frame adapted to be raised and lowered through rooms in a building, a track connected to overhead portions'in a plurality a corresponding track connected to overhead portions of the elevator frame, a trolley adapted to run on said tracks and be transferred from one to another, and a track-section hinged to the end of the track in a room and adapted when in substantial alinement to be connected to the end of the track in the elevator, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In a device of the character described, the combination of an elevator having a frame adapted to be raised and lowered through rooms in a building, a track connected to overhead portions in a plurality of said rooms, a corresponding track con nected to overheadportions of the elevator frame, atrolley adapted to run on said tracks and be transferred from one to another, a short track section, a hinge member ends of the track section and the track in the room and moans to connect the other end of the track-section to the adjacent end of the track in the elevator, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

totheadjacent end of track in the elevator, substantially. as and for the purpose set forth.

nected to overheadvportionsuof the elevator frame, trolley adapted "to run on said tracks and be transferred from. one to another, a short track sectiomra hinge member red to adjacent endsofthe tracks, havit -xlly extended portionsnear its cen- 21 onding with the- \vheel supporting .portiolrf of the tracks, said endslbeing sp; ced apart to adm t the laterallyextended potions of the hinge meml: and means to connecttne other end ofthctraclr sec- 9. In a device of the character described,

the combination. of an elevator havine a and lowered f adapted to be raised through rooms in a building, a track connected to overhead portions an a plurality of said rooms, a .co responding trackconnected to overheat nortions of the elevator frame, a trolley adapted to run on said tra ks and be transferred from one to another, a short track section,- a hinge-member secured to; the, adjacentends the track section and the track in the room, and membersap l track in the elevator having extended ends the combination of an elevator havin" frame adapted provided with means to receive and supportthe free endof the track-section, k 7

10. in a device of the character described,

p to be .raisedIand lo'we throupjh rooms in a building, a track connected to overhead portions inia plurality of said rooms, po d fnected to overhead portions of the elevator secured to the. adjacent J ends vided With a recess a trolley adapted to rnnon said and be transferred from one to ansection, a hinge member ofthe track frame, tracks I other, a short track section andthe trackinthe room, andanem the adjacent endeof the track applied tothe adjacent end ofthe track in the elevator havingextended; ends proto receive and support the free end of "the track section, and means to hold the end of the track rail in connected position. I

12. In a device of the character described,

the combination-of an elevator frame adapted to be raised and lowered through rooms ina building, a track conend, and a dog pivoted near the upper end of said member and adapted to holdthe ed to the adjacent ,end of the be transferred from one to -an-' other, a shortv track section, .a hinge memher- V secured to l section and thetrack in theroom, members enema having o a nectedto overhead portions in a-plunality of said rooms, a corresponding track connected to overhead portions of the elevator frame, trolley adapted to rnngon said tracks and be transferred from one to another a short traclr section, a hinge Irnember securedto the adjacentfends of the track sectionand the track in the rooorn',-members applied to the adjacent end of the track in the elevator havingextended ends providediivith a recess to receive and support the free end of the track section, an upwardly;;e ;tendedmem- 'ber applied to the elevator track near it track section in connected position; 7

13 In a dev ce of the character descrlbed,

the. combination f an elevator having a frame adapted to be raised and lowered through rooms in a building,.atrack connected to overhead portions in a plurality of said rooms, a corresponding track connected to overheadportions ofthe elevator frame, a trolley-adapted torun on said tracks and be transferred from-one to an-V other,'a short track section, ahinge membeifsecuredto the adjacent ends of the track- 'sectlon and the track n theroom, members applied tothe adjacent end of the track in the elevator havin g extended ends provided with a recess to receive and support the free end of'the track section, an upwardly extended member applied to the elevator track near its end, and a dog pivoted near the upend of. said member and'provided with a downwardly extended end to vhold the track section inthe aforesaid recess.

.14, the combinationiof an elevator. having a frameadaptedto be raised and lowered through rooms in building a track 0011- nected to overheadportions in a pluralityof said rooms, a corresponding track connected to overhead portions of the elevator frame, 7 a trolley adapted to run on said tracks and be transferred from one to anothena short tracksection, a hinge member secured to the v adj acentends of the track section and the trackin the room, members applied to the v adjacent end of thetrack in the elevator havmg extendedends providedvnth a recess to p IQCGlVGjLIlCl support the free end of the track section,; and a member pivoted. in the recess and held even Withthe lower edge-of the extended member by thetrack'section While in ,the recess to permit the passage ofthe tr0lley andone end of. SZLlCbplVOtBCl member to drop below When the track section is removed to some in contact with a portionof the trolley frame and prevent. it from running ofl' the. track.

' 15 .5111 a device of the character described,

\lin a device of the character described, 7

the combination of an elevator having a frame adapted to be raised and lowered through rooms in a building, a track connected to overhead portions in a plurality of said rooms, a corresponding track connected to overhead portions of the elevator frame, a trolley adapted to run on said tracks and be transferred from one to another, and a track-section hinged to the end of the track in a room and adapted When in sub stantial alineinent to be connected to the end of'the track in the elevator, and to automatically disconnect from said t 'ack when the elevator is raised or lowered.

16. In a device of the character described, the combination of an elevator having a frame adapted to be raised and lowered through rooms in a building, a pair of spaced apart parallel tracks in substantial alinenient, connected to overhead portions in a plurality of said rooms, a pair of corresponding tracks connected to overhead portions of the elevator frame, a pair of connected trolleys adapted to run abreast on said tracks and be transferred from one set to the other, and a pair of track sections hinged to one of the sets of tracks and adapted to be connected to the other set and form a continuous track-way for the passage of the trolleys from one to the other and vice versz. I

F airfield, Iowa, April 28th, 1920.

PAUL M. HASSLER. 

